My name is Jonathan Foster. I'm a 3rd year photojournalism major at RIT and this is my exploration of the ideas of truth and freedom. “In my anguish I cried to the Lord, and He answered by setting me free.” Psalm 118:5
“There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.”- Walter Cronkite
“My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.” - Jack Kerouac
"Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed."-Thomas Jefferson
Written and photographic work may not be reproduced without permission, available at jdf9658@rit.edu.
Thank you,
-j. foster
true Freedom
10 year-old Michael Roberts, of Pack 260, Attica, NY watches a confederate battery fire during a Civil War reenactment at Letchworth State Park, Mt. Morris, NY, May 20, 2012. (Taken with instagram)
I found out today that I have three photos in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences Honors Show. These are the three photos, captioned accordingly.
Children of the Snow family try to understand death at the viewing for Florence Cleary, a fellow church member. Florence was born October 10, 1945, died in her sleep on Tuesday, February 14th, 2012. Family and friends viewed her body at Snyder Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Photo by Jonathan Foster (Florence was also my grandmother.)
Rob “Carp” Carpenter, 32 of Rochester, New York, helps another addict search for a carotid artery into which he can inject two bags of heroin, February 27, 2012. Photo by Jonathan Foster
Angel Acevedo closes out a 15-8 win for the Franklin High School Quakers over Edison Tech in Northeast Rochester, April 16, 2012. Photo by Jonathan Foster
Reporter Editor in Chief Alex Rogala discusses upcoming articles with magazine section editors during an early morning meeting on Thursday, May 3, 2012. This meeting followed a student executive board discussion on the magazine’s future in light of the pending sale of the Goss Sunday printing press in RIT’s Printing Applications Lab.
Every newsroom in the country is going through this identity crisis, and I find it rather surprising that this is being viewed as a setback rather than an opportunity to grow. The magazine went through similar changes when it shifted from a newspaper format in 1969. This is not the end, it’s merely the beginning of a new chapter. The transition into it will test the skills of the current staff, however, and require better content, a different business model, and an ability to anticipate trends in readership. Not only does the magazine need re-structuring, but it needs to be embraced institutionally if it is to remain for another century.
Reporter Magazine Editor-in-Chief Alex Rogala runs his hand through his hair during a midnight meeting with magazine section-editors. This meeting comes shortly after an executive board meeting to address the shutdown and slated sale of the Goss Sunday press at the Rochester Institute of Technology Printing Applications Lab, Late Thursday night, May 2, 2012.
Article by Chris Zunak-Skees:
http://infinityquad.com/2012/05/02/traditional-print-era-ends-at-rit-lab-press-to-be-sold-future-unclear-for-reporter/ (Taken with instagram)
